James Thornett The views and opinions expressed here are my own and not those of the BBC, my employer.
Posts Tagged ‘google’
Google Street View in the clear
Following protests and complaints over the introduction of Google’s Street View technology in the UK, the UK’s Information Commissioner has today ruled that it should not be stopped. A spokesman for the privacy watchdog said removing the entire service would be “disproportionate to the relatively small risk of privacy detriment”. More from BBC News.
Residents complain over Google street view cameras
Another story from BBC News today on the privacy issues surrounding Google’s Street View technology – residents of Broughton, near Milton Keynes, staged a protest and accused Google of invading their privacy and facilitating crime. Twenty five UK cities went live on 19th March with the Netherlands version also going live on the same date, [...]
Google Latitude launches
Google launched it’s own Fire Eagle today, enabling you to ‘See your friends on a map and get in touch‘. I haven’t had enough time to get properly stuck in but from first viewing the Google Latitude user experience is more map-based and the ‘sales pitch’ is much more end-user focused. Whilst all the hype [...]
Going for a run?
This morning I ran 6.6306 miles. The first mile was very much downhill but the 6th mile was a very steep uphill climb. During the run I burnt 937 calories*. This is all good news**. What is even better news is that I know all of this information without having spent a single penny on [...]
Google maps gone wrong?
Google Maps is now exclusively using TeleAtlas as it’s mapping data provider, dropping all previous information supplied from NavTeq. This appears to have resulted in a noticeable increase in errors according to reports from The Map Room and The Earth is Square.
The Google mobile phone has arrived
The G1 phone has today been officially unveiled in the United States and Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page were present at the launch. Essentially a 3G phone that has been optimised for Google services like mail and maps it is available on the T-Mobile network and requires signing up for a two-year contract. [...]
I spotted a Google Street View car…
… and, like Jon, I found it strangely quite exciting! The sight of seeing the car driving through the streets of Birmingham did make me ponder one question which I hadn’t really considered before. With the increased awareness these days around climate change and the damage we are doing to the natural world, are Google [...]
where2.0 – Wed 14th May (1.15pm – 3pm)
The internet is alive again and it’s afternoon on Day 2. Google Maps = Google on MapsLior Ron (Google, Inc.) Apparently we are about to hear about 9 new launches in the next 9 minutes. As the title suggests, the basic idea here is that Google Maps are all about everything you can do with [...]
where2.0 – Wed 14th May (11am – 12mid)
Going Places on Flickr: The Significance of Geographical Information in PhotosDan Catt (Yahoo!, Inc. ) Dan outlines the challenge for Flickr around selecting location. How does Flickr take a lat/long coordinate pair and decide exactly where a photo has been taken? This is about reverse geo-coding. “Places have meaning… we (Flickr) should be able to [...]
Searching the Geoweb: Exposing Your Geo Data to Search Engines (Monday 1.30pm – 3pm)
Mano Marks and Lior Ron from Google Maps API team talking about geo search in this afternoon’s session – Searching the Geoweb: Exposing Your Geo Data to Search Engines. “43,566,346 geotagged photos on Flickr” – now that’s precise! Although presumably it was also incorrect as soon as it had been typed. The point being that [...]
Street View from Google
Thanks to the newest development from Google Maps and, one assumes, countless hours of people effort spent taking photographs across several of the biggest cities in the US, you can now stand outside of Macy’s and look around Union Square, San Francisco from the comfort of your PC. Take a look at the introductory video:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91wuBqlny50] [...]
